Display-rack.



No 817,374. PATENTED APR. 10

00113 JUSTUS & ORA JUSTUS.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIGATIOH FILED 111m: 15, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OGIE JUSTUS AND ORA JUSTUS, OF OLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

DlSPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed June 15,1905. Serial No. 265,415.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OGIE J USTUS and ORA J USTUS, citizens of the United States, residing at Clarksburg, in the county of Harrison and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Display-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display-racks, and is particularly designed for displaying a plurality of rugs, linens, dry goods, and other materials.

Further objects are to provide an improved rack upon which a plurality of rugs or the like may be clamped at one end, so as to leave the other end of the rugs free to be turned back for displaying the successive rugs, to construct the rack so as to be folded into compact form when not in use, and also capable of various adjustments for facilitating the displaying of the goods.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawifigs, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the display-rack of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation withaplurality of rugs clamped thereoninposition for display. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing one of the adjustments of the device. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the rack folded.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of the drawings.

The present stand includes a rectangular platform made up of side and end bars 1 and 2 and a plurality of spaced longitudinal slats Across the bottom of the platform and nearer one end thereof than the other there is a crossbar 4, which is connected to the under side of the platform or table by one or more hinges 5, whereby the long end portion of the table is capable of tilting downwardly upon the cross-bar 4 as a support. V

For the support of the platform or table there is provided a pair of front legs or standards 6, which are connected by upper and lower cross -bars 7 and also by diagonal braces 8, the upper end of each standard being beveled or mitered and rigidly secured to the under side of the cross-bar 4, whereby the legs 6 are disposed at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the vertical when the table or platform is supported in a horizontal position. A pair of props 9 are inclined reversely to the legs 6 and have their upper ends beveled to bear against the rear sides of the legs, to which they are connected by means of hinges 10, disposed in the angle between the members 6 and 9. The props 9 are connected by upper and lower cross-bars 1.1 and also by diagonal braces 12. Suitable caster-wheels 13 are provided at the lower ends of the legs and props whereby the device may be conveniently moved over the floor. Extending between the lower crossbars 7 and 11 is a connecting-bar made up of bar members 14 and 15, which have their adjacent ends connected by a hinge-joint 16, which is capable of breaking in an upward direction only. The bar member 14 is connected to the cross-bar 7 by a hinge 17, and the bar member 15 is connected to the crossbar 11 by a hinge 18, whereby the props 9 may be folded against the legs 6, and the table or platform may be folded downwardly against the legs 6, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

To support the table or platform rigidly in different tilted adjustments, brace members 19 are hung from opposite end portions of a rock-bar 20, piercing the opposite side bars 1 of the table or platform in front of the bar 4, the braces 19 being located at the inner faces of the bars 1 and rigidly secured to the rockbar 20 by set screws 21. Each of these braces works at the outer side of the adjacent leg 6 and between the latter and a U-shaped or yoke-shaped guard-bar 22, carried by the outer side of the leg, and the front edge of the brace is provided with a series of notches 23 for engagement with the lower end portion of the guard-bar to rigidly su port the platform or table in different tilted positions. A suitable crank-handle 24 is carried by each end of the rock-bar 20 externally of the table or platform for turning the rockebar, so as to simultaneously work the braces for engaging and disengaging the same with the respective guard-bars. A suitable catch or keeper 25 is provided upon the adjacent edge of the table or platform for engagement by the crank-- handle 24 to hold the braces 19 folded within the side bars of the platform when the device is folded, as in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The rugs or other elements 26 to be displayed are placed flat upon the table or platform, one upon the other, and are clamped to what will be termed the rear end of the platform by means of a clamping device, as will now be described. Metallic plates 27 and 28 are secured to the upper and lower sides of the adjacent end bar 2, and these plates, together with the end bar, are 7 ierced by spaced openings 29, through which work metallic rods 30 and 31, which have their up per ends provided with transversely disposed arms 32 and 33, overhanging the table or platform and carrying a cross-bar 34. Midway between the openings 29 there is another opening 35, the walls of which are threaded in the metallic plates 27 and 28, and through this opening passes a threaded rod 36, which is provided at its lower end with a crank-handle 37 and has its upper end swiveled to a cross-arm 38, which is rigidly secured to the cross-bar 34. Upon the top of the table or platform there is a rigid crossbar 39, disposed in alinement with the movable clamp-bar 34. After the pile of rugs or the like has been placed upon the table or platform the crank-handle 37 is manipulated to draw the clamp-bar 34 downwardly into engagement with the pile of rugs, whereby one end of the pile of rugs will be effectually clamped to the table or platform, while the other ends of the rugs will be free to be turned back for giving access to the successive rugs of the pile.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the rugs may be clamped to the table or platform in a very simple and convenient manner without in any manner damaging the same, and the table top or platform may be tilted vertically for convenience in displaying the goods. In addition to tilting the platform upon the hinge connection between the same and the crossbar 4 the entire device may be tilted to bring the forward end of the platform into engagement with the floor, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, so as to support the platform in a more nearly upright position whenever such an adjustment may be desirable. In this latter adjusted position the brace-bar between the legs and the props may be folded upwardly, so as to permit of the props folding down against the legs 6 for the purpose of avoiding an objectionable projection at the rear of the device.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A display-rack comprising a table, upwardly-converged legs and props upon which the table is hinged, a rock-bar carried transversely by the table, braces carried by the rock-bar for adjustable engagement with the Legs, and a handle for controlling the rock- 2. A display-rack comprising a table, upwardly-converged legs and props upon which the table is hinged, yoke-shaped guard-bars carried by the legs, a rock-bar carried transversely across the table, braces carried by the rock-bar and working between therespective guard-bars and legs, each brace being provided with a series of notches for engagement with one end of the adjacent guard-bar, and a handle for manipulating the rock-bar.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OOIE JUSTUS. ORA JUSTUS.

Witnesses:

E. A. DIETERIOH, FRANK H. RHoDEs. 

